understand
Usage
Example Sentences
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“You want to understand and plan, and do so way before a crisis or event actually hits,” said Shah.
From MarketWatch
Draw you in, make you say something caring and understanding, then punch you on the arm and tell you what an idiot you are for falling for it.
From Literature
Leaders need to understand the problem, and how to fill the gaps.
Once regimes understand that their most guarded moment—the moment after power breaks—can be observed and interrupted, they govern more cautiously, more suspiciously, more slowly.
He warned, “Risks may be growing faster than our ability to understand and mitigate them. Economic uncertainty is already high—we cannot afford to add financial instability to the mix.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
